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I typically like to explain the exact error, partially because I can't always remember the name or spelling of a particular fallacy.

And I think sometimes it is just personal laziness and a presumption of knowledge in the audience.

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Questioning fallacies, begging for answers

At Overcoming Bias Robin Hanson points out that logically many fallacious forms of argument are not necessarily so. So is question begging inherently fallacious? It seems context matters. The comments are juicy.Much more here. Conclusio...

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